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Metropolitan Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , Gaithersburg

Tract 24031700733 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 5,132 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

For landlords sizing up Metropolitan Grove in Gaithersburg, census tract 24031700733 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It lands near the 96th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,837 a month while the average household earns $86,231 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 30% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units2,160

Renter share57.6%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate7.1%

Median income$86,231

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gaithersburg and the region

Centroid at 39.1602, -77.2188 · click any tract to drill in

Why Metropolitan Grove scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gaithersburg

8.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.0

State political climate

Maryland legislature & governorship

5.7

Economic stress

7.1% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,837 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gaithersburg

7.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gaithersburg

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gaithersburg

5.9

How Metropolitan Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

69%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
88%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Metropolitan Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

16.9%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
19.9%Food insecurity
14.1%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
13.0%No health insurance
15.0%Frequent mental distress
24.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Metropolitan Grove

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gaithersburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 6.7 and above the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 24031700733

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031700733?

Census tract 24031700733 in the Metropolitan Grove neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 24031700733?

Median gross rent is $1,837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 24031700733?

7.1% of residents in tract 24031700733 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,132.

How socially vulnerable is tract 24031700733?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 23th, minority 81th, housing 88th.

Is tract 24031700733 considered part of Metropolitan Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031700733 fall within Metropolitan Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 24031700733 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 24031700733 compare to Gaithersburg overall?

Tract 24031700733 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Gaithersburg at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gaithersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gaithersburg

Top eight tracts in Gaithersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.